I am having great trouble with the following person whom I am researching for an inlaw member of the family.
Mary Percival Kay
born 1876 in Darlington; married 1909 in Darlington (to Thomas Raw)
The thing is I have searched high and low but cannot find any trace of her, or anyone remotely like her in 1881, 1981 or 1901.
I have sent for her birth and marriage certs, and they should be arriving soon and perhaps they will help because then her parents should become obvious, but so far both Ancestry and Family Search have thrown up absolutely nothing except for the above two facts.
Mary's middle name of Percival is wonderfully rare, but that doesn't seem to have helped at all.......now, I do know that there are thoughts that one or more of this person's ancestors may have been oriental in origin, and certainly I have found evidence of "Kay" in the far east, but Mary was born in Darlington and her name is very European! Where else can I look please
Mary Percival Kay
born 1876 in Darlington; married 1909 in Darlington (to Thomas Raw)
The thing is I have searched high and low but cannot find any trace of her, or anyone remotely like her in 1881, 1981 or 1901.
I have sent for her birth and marriage certs, and they should be arriving soon and perhaps they will help because then her parents should become obvious, but so far both Ancestry and Family Search have thrown up absolutely nothing except for the above two facts.
Mary's middle name of Percival is wonderfully rare, but that doesn't seem to have helped at all.......now, I do know that there are thoughts that one or more of this person's ancestors may have been oriental in origin, and certainly I have found evidence of "Kay" in the far east, but Mary was born in Darlington and her name is very European! Where else can I look please
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